Climate change in Sioux City, Iowa
Climate change is affecting locations like Sioux City in a variety of ways. In fall, these impacts include more unusually warm days, heavier rain, and greater health risks from humid heat.
Explore these pages to learn how people in Sioux City are at risk in a warming world.
Sioux City's climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting Sioux City in fall
More warm fall days
Fall (September-November) has warmed nationwide since 1970.
Heavier rainfall rates
Heavier rain threatens people, ecosystems, and infrastructure nationwide.
More dangerous heat
Climate change is driving hotter, longer, and more frequent extreme heat.
Changes in severe storms
Certain conditions favorable to thunderstorms and tornadoes are occurring more often
Impacts to food prices
Extreme events fueled by climate change can damage crops, reduce yields, and disrupt supply chains.
More graphics about Sioux City and climate change
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